The Enzymatic Core of Scorpion Venoms [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Enzymes are an integral part of animal venoms. Unlike snakes, in which enzymes play a primary role in envenomation, in scorpions, their function appears to be ancillary in most species.
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Target-Specificity in Scorpions; Comparing Lethality of Scorpion Venoms across Arthropods and Vertebrates [PDF]
Toxins, 2017 Scorpions use their venom in defensive situations as well as for subduing prey. Since some species of scorpion use their venom more in defensive situations than others, this may have led to selection for differences in effectiveness in defensive ...
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MS/MS analysis of four scorpion venoms from Colombia: a descriptive approach [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021 Background: Scorpions are widely known for the neurotoxic effects of their venoms, which contain peptides affecting ionic channels. Although Colombia is recognized for its scorpion diversity, only a few studies are available describing the venom content.
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Antimicrobial Activity Developed by Scorpion Venoms and Its Peptide Component [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Microbial infections represent a problem of great importance at the public health level, with a high rate of morbidity-mortality worldwide. However, treating the different diseases generated by microorganisms requires a gradual increase in acquired ...
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An overview of some enzymes from buthid scorpion venoms from Colombia: Centruroides margaritatus, Tityus pachyurus, and Tityus n. sp. aff. metuendus [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical DiseasesBackground: In Colombia, several species of Buthidae scorpions belonging to the genera Centruroides and Tityus coexist, and their stings are considered life-threatening to humans because of their venom neurotoxins.
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ScorpDb: A Novel Open-Access Database for Integrative Scorpion Toxinology [PDF]
ToxinsScorpion stings are a significant public health concern globally, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Scorpion venoms contain a diverse array of bioactive peptides, and different scorpion species around the world typically exhibit varying ...
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Effects of Brazilian scorpion venoms on the central nervous system [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2018 In Brazil, the scorpion species responsible for most severe incidents belong to the Tityus genus and, among this group, T. serrulatus, T. bahiensis, T. stigmurus and T. obscurus are the most dangerous ones. Other species such as T.
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Exploring the potential of Brazilian Amazonian scorpion venoms: A comprehensive review of research from 2001 to 2021 [PDF]
Toxicon: XThe Amazon biome is home to many scorpion species, with around two hundred identified in the region. Of these, forty-eight species have been reported in Brazil so far and six of them are of medical importance: Tityus apiacas, T. metuendus, T. obscurus, T.
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Insects as biological models to assay spider and scorpion venom toxicity
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2003 This study was undertaken to develop an experimental protocol using insects as biological models to assay venom toxicity of the following spiders Loxosceles gaucho, Phoneutria nigriventer, Nephilengys cruentata and Tityus serrulatus scorpion.
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In vitro determination of the efficacy of scorpion venoms as anti-cancer agents against colorectal cancer cells: a nano-liposomal delivery approach [PDF]
International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2017 Abdulrahman K Al-Asmari,1 Zabih Ullah,1 Ali Al Balowi,2 Mozaffarul Islam1 1Department of Research, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, 2Department of Pharmacy, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Abstract: The use of ...
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